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Paediatric antimicrobial stewardship programmes in the UK's regional children's hospitals

  • S Vergnano
  • , Alasdair Bamford
  • , S Bandi
  • , F Chappel
  • , A Demirjian
  • , K Doerholt
  • , M Emonts
  • , L Ferreras-Antolin
  • , A Goenka
  • , L Jones
  • , J A Herberg
  • , L Hinds
  • , O McGarrity
  • , P Moriarty
  • , S O'Riordan
  • , M Patel
  • , S Paulus
  • , D Porter
  • , K Stock
  • , S Patel

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Abstract

A survey was conducted in UK regional children's hospitals with paediatric intensive care and paediatric infectious disease (PID) departments to describe the characteristics of paediatric antimicrobial stewardship (PAS) programmes. A structured questionnaire was sent to PAS coordinators. 'Audit and feedback' was implemented in 13 out of 17 centres. Microbiology-led services were more likely to implement antimicrobial restriction (75% vs 33% in PID-led services), to focus on broad-spectrum antibiotics, and to review patients with positive blood cultures. PID-led services were more likely to identify patients from e-prescribing or drug charts and review all antimicrobials. A PAS network has been established.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)736-740
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Hospital Infection
Volume105
Issue number4
Early online date23 May 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2020

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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